HERA LS Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual
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The Multi Master mode uses the Reserve partition to temporarily store the content of the current master
disc. Once the task is complete and a new master disc has been detected, the reserve partition's content
(of previous master disc) will be replaced with the content of the new master disc.
You can tell immediately which mode you are in by looking at any of the Copy or Test menus:
The (SM) indicates Single Master Mode, and the (MM) indicates Multi Master Mode.
For example, if you need to make:
20 copies of job A
40 copies of job B
30 copies of job C
Under Multi Master Mode, you would need to follow the steps below:
1. Make sure all of the spindles are empty.
2. Place 30 blank discs for job C on to the first input spindle.
3. Place the master disc for job C on top of those blank discs for job C.
4. Place 40 blank discs for job B on top of the master disc for job C.
5. Place the master disc for job B on top of those blank discs for job B.
6. Place 20 blank discs for job A on top of the master disc for job B.
Place the master disc for job A on top of those blank discs for Job A.
After you have completed these steps, the Input Bin should be loaded in the order shown in Fig. 5:
When you start the copy operation, the robotic arm will pick up discs from
the Input Bin and place them into the drives. If any of the discs in the drives
contains data, (in this case, that would be the first disc, the Master Disc for
job A) the autoloader will load entire content of this disc (Master A) into the
reserve partition on the Hard Drive. The subsequent discs from the input
bin will be loaded in the empty drives.
Once the loading process is completed, the autoloader will start the
duplication process for the blank media in the remaining drives. Master disc
A will be picked up from the appropriate drive and dropped on to the Output Bin and the empty drive
where the master disc was removed will be loaded with the next disc from the Input Bin.
If a new master is detected before the previous job is finished, the autoloader will complete the first job,
unload the completed job, and fill the drive trays with blank discs for the next job.
The robotic arm will continue to load media into the drives as the duplicated discs are placed in the Output
Bin. Once a writer drive (any drive) detects another Master disc, the same process is repeated for the new
Master disc.
7. Setting Counters and Assigning Names
Two frequently used tasks are setting counters and assigning names to partitions. Directions for these tasks are
given here.
Master A
20 Blank Job for
Master A
Master B
40 Blank Job for Master B
Master C
30 Blank Job for Master C
Fig. 5
The Order of the Discs
Duplicator B.30
1. Copy (SM)
Duplicator B.30
1. Copy (MM)
